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(55,067 posts)
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 05:03 PM Mar 25

When they said they wanted to run the government like a business,

We just assumed they meant like Donnie runs his -- poorly, breaking contracts, burning everyone he can for a perceived advantage, weaponizing the legal system, etc.

We weren't wrong, but there's another element revealed by their handling of benefits suck as social security:

They are running payables the way private health insurance runs their claims departments. What's "efficient" I.e., profitable, for the company is making things *inefficient* for customers.

Insurance companies save billions by putting stupid hurdles between a patient and their benefits largely to make it enough of a pain to actually get them that sone customers give up or die first. Worst case, they earn interest on your money from the delay. Who cares if patients and providers are needlessly harmed to a far greater extent than the insurer saves money.

That's how Donnie is treating social security. They're making it a pain to collect for no reason other to deter people collecting, because some people (no doubt those who actually need it most) will give up or die first.

These people are pure evil.

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When they said they wanted to run the government like a business, (Original Post) unblock Mar 25 OP
The thing about running government like a business... Xolodno Mar 25 #1
Government generally wants to serve everyone. Businesses only serve where they can make a profit unblock Mar 25 #2
Blockbuster lame54 Mar 25 #3

Xolodno

(6,980 posts)
1. The thing about running government like a business...
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 05:37 PM
Mar 25

...a business can fail. And the owner just walks away to try something else.

Government doesn't have the same luxury. If it fails, all hell breaks loose. Hence redundancies, may seem inefficient, but they are also necessary. Otherwise you have chaos, violence, etc. Stability is important.

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(55,067 posts)
2. Government generally wants to serve everyone. Businesses only serve where they can make a profit
Tue Mar 25, 2025, 05:42 PM
Mar 25

Businesses produce homelessness, government is needed to solve things like that

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